What surprises me most about this is why would such an announcement need to be read out to the congregation. Surely the PO--probably every member of the congregation--knows if they have lawyers and CPAs in their midst. Why not talk to them directly? Especially, as quotes points out, this public call is bound to raise some eyebrows and "stumble" any number of "Christians."
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Bethel wants lawyers!
by zack inat this week's service meeting it a letter was read to all congregations in usa:
bethel wants lawyers, lawyers specializing in tax law, and cpa's.
if you are in any of these professions you were supposed to talk to the po that evening.
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I need your guys thoughts & opinions
by kls inhave you ever met someone and for some unknown reason this person just rubs you the wrong way ,i don't know if it's a vibe they give off or what but something that makes you dislike about that person.
my son who is 21 started to date this girl and there is something about her i so much dislike and i can't help the way i feel.
i have 4 grown kids all have dated and brought there dates home and i was receptive to them all but i cannot to this girl.
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kgfreeperson
Ah,yes. Unfortunately, we seem to also be talking about my daughter-in-law. In my case, it may well be me seeing things in her that I cannot accept in myself. We all do our best.
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Need prayers for my sister...she just got DF'd
by FreedomFrog ini'm really concerned for my sister and her husband.
they both got df'd last thurs.
and i found out today cause my mom called crying histerically telling me the news.
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kgfreeperson
Is this the sister who just had a baby?
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Moyle, Olin R. (Olin Richmond), 1887-1966
by lurk ini was wondering if anyone knew anything about him.?.
the princeton library has got diarys and papers etc he wrote from when he was attorney for the wts .
the diaries date from 1931-1951 theres also an unpublished book manscript called "christs glorious church" and also discriptions of legal proceddings.including some of j f rutherford.. princeton said that the diarys have never been published and no i cant get copies, but could see it by visiting whoich is not possible for me.. has anyone seen the diaries ,the book or legal papers?
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kgfreeperson
How did you find out about them? Was he a Princeton alum? What an interesting find ! I wonder if Penton has read them.
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New Tactic Used By Society
by minimus in...or not so new-----i'm seeing that they are getting rid of people on false charges.
to the person, they are going after them and confronting them on whatever it may be but when it comes to official reasons for deletion, they are giving false information.
this morning, i heard that another elder got deleted for going to a believer/unbeliever's wedding.it was also reported that he was caught "talking to a disfellowshipped person".
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kgfreeperson
Is it possible that all this is directed at cutting people off from the congregation who might be influenced by you, Minimus?
While I understand their desire to "protect" themselves from the spread of "apostacy" I truly am baffled by this strategy of threatening disfellowshipping/disassociating and "deleting" (what a wonderful term) anyone even suspected of anything less than total loyalty to WTS. Let's see, very few converts come in from proseletyzing, most new membership comes from family members of existing JWs, so we argue against having children and we "expel" current members and an increasingly brisk clip.
Do you think it is possible that "they" (whoever) want to actually get rid of all present JWs who might possibly prove to be disloyal to the WTS, introduce totally new recruitment methods and start all over again?
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Not Having Kids in 'This System....'
by lonelysheep inone of my former bs conductors and her husband decided when they got married, they wouldn't have any kids 'in this system'.
i know the world could be better, but i see no reason not to have children if that's what your wishes really are....and you're able to for that matter.
she just turned 34 and really wants to have a child.
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kgfreeperson
Since it seems that the only "new" JWs are children of the current ones, I wonder if they will openly reverse this recommendation? If they do, I wonder if that will have a bigger effect than the generation change on couples who wanted children, but made the sacrifice and now it's too late?
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What is "Wicked"
by BluesBrother in"main entry: wicked part of speech: adjective definition: bad synonyms: abandoned, abominable, amoral, arch, atrocious, bad news, base, contemptible, corrupt, debased, degenerate, depraved, devilish, dissolute, egregious, evil, fiendish, flagitious, foul, gross, guilty, heartless, heinous, immoral, impious, impish, incorrigible, indecent, iniquitous, irreligious, low-down, mean, mischievous, nasty, naughty, nefarious, profane, reprobate, rotten, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, unethical, unprincipled, unrighteous, vicious, vile, villainous, wayward, worthless source: roget's new millennium?
thesaurus, first edition (v 1.1.1)".
the above is a recognised definition or list of synonyms for this common word in english.
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kgfreeperson
I was curious about JW use of the word "christendom" so googled it and came upon this site--which does not seem to be JW, but sure looks familiar. Do you know whose site this is?
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Ever Just Have One of Those Days?
by Leolaia in1. so i wake up this morning and realize that my mom is missing.
i called her last night from 9pm to 11pm and this morning i called at 8am and there was no answer each time i called.
if she had been out earlier last night, it sure seemed as if she never came home.
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kgfreeperson
Good grief, what a day! I hope your ankle heals properly and quickly and that your being sent to a cardiologist was a false alarm!!!
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JW Took Out Morgage on his Home--To Build Kingdom Hall!
by Voyager ingood example of brainwashing.
would you take out a morgage on your own home to build a church, not knowing whether or not you would be paid back?
and what ever happened to the watchtower building fund for this purpose?
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kgfreeperson
Well, dang it. Clearly I don't know how to edit. So let's try this:
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JW Took Out Morgage on his Home--To Build Kingdom Hall!
by Voyager ingood example of brainwashing.
would you take out a morgage on your own home to build a church, not knowing whether or not you would be paid back?
and what ever happened to the watchtower building fund for this purpose?
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kgfreeperson
Exactly. He sounds like know JW that I've ever heard about!